The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-08
FACT AND FAY.


Four thousand persons made the ascent Of
Ben Nevis mountain, Scotland, during the past
season.
A Montana paper the other day puzzled III
readers by referring to "Kisser william o.
German"
Edmund Montgomery, Of Georgia, lived to
be lO2 years Of age without ever taking dos
OF medicine
An organization OF Washington and South
ern lawn tennis clubs was perfected at Wash
ington, Saturday.
The Chinese school children In San Francisco
are said to be as bright and intelligent 81
their white schoolmates.
A remodeled church at Camden, N. j., hal
no place for the choir, the architect overlook
ing that feature Of religious services
There are now $4,000 less Irish soldiers In
the British army than there were twenty years
ago Englishmen have taken their places.
Moosel ucmeguntic, Northumberland. and
Welokenncbacook are the mellihuous names
OF three lakes In the Rangley region in Maine
The question is raised by an Arizona case
whether or not cattle which stray across the
Mexican line may be returned without paying
duty.
Red drum6sh weighing sixty pounds apiece
are being caught from the iron pier at Cape
May Six were caught In few hours one day
recently.
A pair OF Siberian kittens belonging to h
7. Wilson Of East Nottingham, Pa, have
each blue and gray eye, and one Of then
has twenty-five toes
The citizens Of Greenvlle, Miss, arc At
tempting to raise 900 to be spent In pro
tecting the river bank in front OF the city and
prevent its caving into the river
In New Hampshire, Mrs. Annie Colony, Of
Pennington, Is 90 years old; MIRA Clarrisss
Lawrence, of Marlboro, 90 while Mrs. Daniel
Abbot who died in Surry, was OIL.
The proprietors Of the job-printing offices In
Portland, Oregon, refuse to recognize the au'
thority Of the typographical union, although tho
nine hour law has been suspended.
A large salmon In attempting to climb the
cataract falls at Biddeford, Me-, killed him
self H. NJ. Kelly, Of Saco witnessed the &C
cldent, and captured the fish. 1t weighed six
teen pounds
A tired New Jersey fisherman laid his polo
with line and baited hook on the bank while
he took a doze. Upon waking he found
young robin had taken the bait and been killed
by the hook.
Blddeford, Me-, has sent six carloads Of
blue Jeans to China. California raises wool
and ships 1t to Biddeford to be manufactured
and shipped to China. Why not manufacture
1t here3 asks The Alta.
Near the heart of an oak In GAINESVILLE, Ca,
belonging toJ. j. Randall, was found lock Of
cotton and some human hair. These were al
the end of an oak pin that had been grown
over some ten inches.
The American consul at Malta notes IS
fact, which he thinks capable Of much improve
ment that only one OF over thirty-slx hundred
merchant vessels that arrived At the island car
ried the United States flag.
In conformity with the usage followed BY
The emporers OF successive dynastics, his maj
.sty the emperor says China letter, Is taking
The advantage Of the present time OF compare
live leisure to practice archery.
The sun sets at 8 P. NJ. and rises At A. M
all the year round at Quito, the only city In
The world on the equator. This bit OF infor-
nation is taken from geography, not from
The American Cyclopedia, a. some may sup
pose.
Elder John Allen Gano, who died at Paris
Ky., one day recently aged SO, WAS one OF thu
founders Of the Reformed church, which start
ID In Bourbon county, KY, sixty years ago ane
now has more than l,00O,0O0 members In TILL
country.
There is not single Japanese spothecary IL
Toxic who can make up prescription OF Tor
sign physician, nor is there q single drug store
selling foreign goods In Toxic where one OF thu
assistants knows word of English, French
German, or Latin.
Diamond brokers In New York are said u
earn s., 900 year by working three or foui
hours day for three or four days In week
but there are not ten Of them whose Judge
ment is conclusive on jewels. Importers &c
not sell directly to jewellers, but through bro
kers
A New York jeweler has = curious cloci
which was imported from Paris 1t Is
bronze model Of . steam boiler, and has
steam gauge, safety valve. and speed regu
ator, while thermometer occupies the place
Of the water gauge. The dial Of the clock IL
On the furnace door, and above 1t Is
barometer. When the clock is running the
pendant balls of the speed regulator do the
work Of the ordinary pendulum.
The Chinese are very practical In their relig
Gus ideas, says The San Francisco Alta. Il
god whose business 1t is to bring rain over
ioes 1t and causes a deluge, they take him ou'
II the joss house and set him down In the
shower II this fails to make him dry ~
hey go to the extremity of towing him be
hind boat In the river to convince him that